The year 1962 was an interesting one for rock music, as well as R&B and folk. So much was going on culturally, and rock music was steadily evolving into something different from classic rock and roll.

In my digital music library, I have a playlist labeled "country hits of 1962." There are more than 115 songs on this playlist, from artists like Kitty Wells and Bill Anderson and Faron Young. Only a ...

Country music had a great year in 1962, and many songs from that very year have since gone on to influence and inspire country artists throughout the rest of the 20th century. Let’s take a look at ...

While its predecessors were underpowered and, in the case of “Tell Laura I Love Her,” a cursory cover of a US hit, “Johnny Remember Me” was something else. Recorded at Meek’s home studio in north ...